The 2022 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place as of 5 May 2022. Due to boundary changes, all 60 councillors were elected at the same time. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
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In the previous council election in 2021, Labour maintained its control of the council, holding 45 seats after the election. The Conservatives formed the main opposition with nine seats, with the Liberal Democrats on four councillors and three independent councillors.
Background
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The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Rochdale was a district of the Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority was created in 2011 and began electing the mayor of Greater Manchester from 2017, which was given strategic powers covering a region coterminous with the former Greater Manchester metropolitan county.[2]
Since its formation, Rochdale has variously been under Labour control, Liberal Democrat control, Conservative control and no overall control. Councillors have predominantly been elected from the Labour Party, Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party, with some independent councillors also serving. The council has had an overall Labour majority since the 2011. In the most recent election in 2021, Labour won sixteen seats with 49.4% of the vote, the Conservatives won three seats with 31.5% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won one with 12.3% of the vote.[3]
Two councillors for the West Heywood ward, Jacqui Beswich and Alan McCarthy, had been originally elected as Labour candidates. They left the Labour Party in 2019 to sit as an independent councillor and a Brexit Party councillor. In June 2021 they both joined the Conservative Party.[4]
Bury council underwent boundary changes ahead of this election. The Local Government Boundary Commission for England determined that the council should continue to elect 60 councillors and designed new election boundaries to reflect population change. The new boundaries include twenty three-member wards.[5]
Electoral process
editThe council generally elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[6][7] However, due to a boundary review, all sixty councillors were elected at the same time. The election used plurality block voting, with each ward electing three councillors. Electors were able to vote for up to three candidates, and the three candidates with the most votes in each ward were elected.
All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Rochdale aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, were entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters were able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.
Campaign
editBernard Wynne, Peter Shore and Simon Footitt established the Middleton Independents Party to contest the election.[8] They said that Middleton was sidelined in favour of Rochdale, and advocated regenerating the town centre and supporting local businesses. In a meeting, they said that if their candidates meant more Conservatives got elected, it "would not be a bad thing". Their application for electoral registration as a party was submitted after the Electoral Commission's deadline.[9]
Previous council composition
edit| After 2021 election | Before 2022 election | ||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 45 | Labour | 45 | ||
| Conservative | 9 | Conservative | 11 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 3 | ||
| Independent | 3 | Independent | 1 | ||
Results
edit| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 42 |  3
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70.00 | 50.76 | 75,197 | ||||
| Conservative | 10 |  1
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16.67 | 20.29 | 30,060 | ||||
| Middleton Ind. | 5 | 5
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8.33 | 9.12 | 13,511 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 
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5.00 | 17.26 | 25,569 | ||||
| Green | 0 |
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0.00 | 2.18 | 3,233 | ||||
| Independent | 0 | 3
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0.00 | 0.29 | 431 | ||||
| Freedom Alliance | 0 |
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0.00 | 0.10 | 142 | ||||
Ward Results
editBalderstone & Kirkholt
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Philip Massey | 1,225 | 57.1 | ||
| Labour | Daniel Meredith | 1,224 | 57.1 | ||
| Labour | Elsie-Jane Wraighte | 1,062 | 49.5 | ||
| Conservative | Mudassar Razzaq | 505 | 23.5 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Smith | 473 | 22.1 | ||
| Green | Jordan Eves | 324 | 15.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Judith Jones | 313 | 14.6 | ||
| Freedom Alliance | Laura Grabowska | 142 | 6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,145 | ||||
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Bamford
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Angela Smith | 1,683 | 51.7 | ||
| Conservative | Patricia Sullivan | 1,553 | 47.7 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Anstee | 1,549 | 47.6 | ||
| Labour | Sultan Ali | 1,066 | 32.7 | ||
| Labour | Rosie Choudhury | 1,066 | 32.7 | ||
| Labour | Brian Meredith | 1,014 | 31.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Siobhane Cunnane | 406 | 12.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Diestler | 380 | 11.7 | ||
| Green | Edward Whittaker | 307 | 9.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Zarah Kauser | 269 | 8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,257 | ||||
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Castleton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Billy Sheerin | 1,424 | 58.2 | ||
| Labour | Aisling-Blaise Gallagher | 1,214 | 49.7 | ||
| Labour | Aasim Rashid | 1,095 | 44.8 | ||
| Conservative | David Jones | 664 | 27.2 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Sanderson | 629 | 25.7 | ||
| Conservative | Darren Bayman | 584 | 23.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Beverley Heyworth | 401 | 16.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Kisa-Smith | 294 | 12.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sajid Hashmi | 236 | 9.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,445 | ||||
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Central Rochdale
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Iftikhar Ahmed | 2,598 | 61.6 | ||
| Labour | Ali Ahmed | 2,518 | 59.7 | ||
| Labour | Sameena Zaheer | 2,193 | 52.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Sheraz | 1,499 | 35.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Zulfiqar Ali | 1,306 | 31.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Zaheer Abbas | 1,280 | 30.4 | ||
| Conservative | Leonard Branton | 170 | 4.0 | ||
| Conservative | Steven Scholes | 159 | 3.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,215 | ||||
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East Middleton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Middleton Ind. | Paul Beswick | 1,300 | 47.0 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Dylan Williams | 1,257 | 45.5 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Bernard Wynne | 1,245 | 45.0 | ||
| Labour | Kathryn Bromfield | 1,193 | 43.2 | ||
| Labour | Elizabeth Atewologun | 1,189 | 43.0 | ||
| Labour | Terry Smith | 1,166 | 42.2 | ||
| Green | Connor Hibbert | 269 | 9.7 | ||
| Turnout | 2,764 | ||||
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Healey
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Sean O'Neill | 1,582 | 52.6 | ||
| Labour | Shah Wazir | 1,562 | 52.0 | ||
| Labour | Tricia Ayrton | 1,533 | 51.0 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Neilson | 962 | 32.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Alcock | 563 | 18.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Shin Ingram | 446 | 14.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Safina Kauser | 365 | 12.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,006 | ||||
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Hopwood Hall
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Susan Emmott | 1,304 | 50.5 | ||
| Labour | Carol Wardle | 1,226 | 47.5 | ||
| Labour | Peter Hodgkinson | 1,209 | 46.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jacqueline Beswick | 755 | 29.2 | ||
| Conservative | Alan McCarthy | 674 | 26.1 | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Roughsedge | 669 | 25.9 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Matthew Glaysher | 447 | 17.3 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Caitlin O'Mara | 433 | 16.8 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Gavin Vitler | 424 | 16.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,582 | ||||
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Kingsway
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Shakil Ahmed | 1,737 | 63.0 | ||
| Labour | Daalat Ali | 1,584 | 57.5 | ||
| Labour | Rachel Massey | 1,548 | 56.2 | ||
| Conservative | Ibrahim Khalil | 655 | 23.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sharon Taylor | 355 | 12.9 | ||
| Green | Mark Hollinrake | 333 | 12.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barrie Nicholson | 251 | 9.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Chariss Peacock | 197 | 7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,755 | ||||
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Littleborough Lakeside
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Janet Emsley | 1,349 | 47.8 | ||
| Labour | Tom Besford | 1,287 | 45.6 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Reed | 1,185 | 41.9 | ||
| Conservative | Lynn Butterworth | 1,083 | 38.3 | ||
| Conservative | Daniel Nuttall | 931 | 33.0 | ||
| Labour | Julian Farnell | 889 | 31.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kate Clegg | 434 | 15.4 | ||
| Green | Guy Otten | 434 | 15.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,825 | ||||
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Milkstone & Deeplish
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Mohammad Arshad | 1,726 | 53.9 | ||
| Labour | Shahid Mohammed | 1,642 | 51.2 | ||
| Labour | Aiza Rashid | 1,539 | 48.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Zaman | 1,192 | 37.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Salina Javid | 1,182 | 36.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hassan Ali | 1,107 | 34.6 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Ellison | 141 | 4.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jacqueline Holt | 131 | 4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,204 | ||||
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Milnrow & Newhey
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Irene Davidson | 1,942 | 64.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Kelly | 1,903 | 62.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Bamford | 1,660 | 54.9 | ||
| Labour | Allen Brett | 741 | 24.5 | ||
| Labour | Leanne Greenwood | 583 | 19.3 | ||
| Labour | Alexander Royle | 509 | 16.8 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Endacott | 487 | 16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,025 | ||||
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Norden
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Gartside | 1,704 | 55.7 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Winkler | 1,579 | 51.6 | ||
| Conservative | Mike Holly | 1,511 | 49.4 | ||
| Labour | Tony Bennett | 913 | 29.8 | ||
| Labour | Iain MacDonald | 840 | 27.5 | ||
| Labour | Farhat Kazmi | 637 | 20.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephanie Robertson | 568 | 18.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Anne Colgan | 482 | 15.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Colette Duszczyk | 433 | 14.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,059 | ||||
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North Heywood
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Liam O'Rourke | 1,205 | 68.1 | ||
| Labour | Peter Rush | 1,166 | 65.9 | ||
| Labour | Bev Place | 1,121 | 63.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Kelly | 368 | 20.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Donaldson | 325 | 18.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Eden-Maughan | 280 | 15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,769 | ||||
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North Middleton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Middleton Ind. | Peter Allonby | 1,140 | 41.7 | ||
| Labour | Sara Rowbotham | 1,118 | 40.9 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Lee Wolf | 1,059 | 38.8 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Keely O'Mara | 1,059 | 38.8 | ||
| Labour | Donna Williams | 1,029 | 37.7 | ||
| Labour | Neil Butterworth | 886 | 32.4 | ||
| Conservative | David Bold | 381 | 14.0 | ||
| Green | Alan Godson | 282 | 10.3 | ||
| Turnout | 2,731 | ||||
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Smallbridge & Firgrove
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Aftab Hussain | 1,343 | 51.3 | ||
| Labour | John Blundell | 1,312 | 50.1 | ||
| Labour | Amna Mir | 1,269 | 48.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Latafat Hussain | 812 | 31.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Kelly | 798 | 30.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dean Larder | 695 | 26.5 | ||
| Conservative | Eileen Taylor | 476 | 18.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,620 | ||||
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South Middleton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Peter Williams | 1,540 | 45.9 | ||
| Labour | June West | 1,473 | 43.9 | ||
| Labour | Patricia Dale | 1,404 | 41.9 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Adam Cornett | 1,350 | 40.3 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Emma Hezelgrave-Whitworth | 1,046 | 31.2 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Jo Hezelgrave-Whitworth | 959 | 28.6 | ||
| Conservative | Bernard Braiden | 809 | 24.1 | ||
| Conservative | Aaron Slack | 567 | 16.9 | ||
| Turnout | 3,354 | ||||
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Spotland & Falinge
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Iram Faisal | 1,832 | 53.3 | ||
| Labour | Faisal Rana | 1,815 | 52.8 | ||
| Labour | Amber Nisa | 1,681 | 48.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Rabina Asghar | 1,053 | 30.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Swarbrick | 743 | 21.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hammas Majid | 678 | 19.7 | ||
| Independent | Carl Faulkner | 431 | 12.5 | ||
| Green | Mick Coats | 388 | 11.3 | ||
| Conservative | John Kershaw | 372 | 10.8 | ||
| Green | Neil Rutter | 269 | 7.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,436 | ||||
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Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Ashley Dearnley | 1,881 | 67.6 | ||
| Conservative | Rina Paolucci | 1,493 | 53.7 | ||
| Conservative | John Taylor | 1,482 | 53.3 | ||
| Labour | Barbara Miller | 652 | 23.4 | ||
| Labour | Mike Radanovic | 564 | 20.3 | ||
| Labour | Muhammad Islam | 454 | 16.3 | ||
| Green | Jules Howliston | 375 | 13.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Vickie Mason | 275 | 9.9 | ||
| Green | Hannah MacGuire | 252 | 9.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,781 | ||||
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West Heywood
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Angela Brown | 1,241 | 60.7 | ||
| Labour | Peter Malcolm | 1,102 | 53.9 | ||
| Labour | Linda Robinson | 1,021 | 49.9 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Harris | 706 | 34.5 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Kilgannon | 630 | 30.8 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Orson | 621 | 30.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,046 | ||||
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West Middleton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Philip Burke | 1,029 | 55.9 | ||
| Labour | Susan Smith | 937 | 50.9 | ||
| Labour | Neil Emmott | 816 | 44.3 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Joan Aspinall | 656 | 35.6 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Peter Shore | 587 | 31.9 | ||
| Middleton Ind. | Simon Footitt | 549 | 29.8 | ||
| Conservative | Jordan Short | 206 | 11.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nikki Edwards | 78 | 4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,841 | ||||
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